Event information: This is a guided tasting event. Sit back, relax and taste while I explain what is it exactly that you are tasting. We will have 3 special vintage beers and also 2 beers of whats on tap on the day. Participation cost is 4,000yen a person.
以下、英語の後に日本語を記載しております。 I have passed the Advanced Cicerone® exam, becoming the first person in Japan to hold this title and one of only 200 individuals worldwide! It has been a remarkable journey since I embarked on it in 2017, when I decided to do more than just drink beer. After passing the Certified Cicerone® exam in 2018—a challenge in itself that involved roughly one year of study, tasting many past-date beers, and taking the exam in Hong Kong—life and work intervened.
I read 30 books on the Advanced Cicerone reading list and spent countless hours studying the 34-page syllabus. Along the way, I founded Beerjuku (now with over 70 beer-tasting events completed), became a beer judge for the Japan Craft Beer Association, and began judging beer competitions in 2020. Through teaching beer, I have become a better listener (though I know there is still work to be done), a better cook, and perhaps a better person. Balancing the required patience and mental resilience with work and family time was tough.
I have met many amazing people and made new friends thanks to beer and Beerjuku.
The final leg of my journey would not have been possible without the people I met at the Advanced Cicerone tasting exam in Chicago last September—you know who you are.
I feel humbled and privileged, and I still can’t believe it!
I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who made this journey possible and inspired me: infinite thanks to my loving and supportive wife and daughters, and to my mother, who has always been there to listen and encourage me. Love you, Mom.
Thank you to the Beerjuku regulars—you know who you are—for the remote sessions during COVID and to everyone else I forgot; without your support, the Beerjuku study sessions wouldn’t have happened!
I am grateful to the venues that have supported Beerjuku:
Imazato Craft Beer Cafe
Lingua World Cafe
Midnight Sannomiya
torne_craftbeer
And a special thanks to the owner of Mother Tree in Osaka—your passion for craft beer and your constant efforts to introduce amazing beers to more people are unparalleled. Your passion has inspired me; please keep inspiring others!
My beer journey continues! – Daniel Kotlikov, Advanced Cicerone®
Event information in English: In this event we will be tasting 2014, 2016 and 2018 vintages of the J.W. Lee’s Vintage Harvest Ale. We will also discuss Barleywine history and production methods. Event participation cost is 5,000 yen – this cost includes one beer glass of from whatever is on tap.
Notes for participants:
Please be on time, if you’re not there we will start without you.
If you cancel, please message me or/and write a post on the event page. Do so at your earliest convenience.
Please bring a pen or a pencil to write tasting notes.
Don’t drink coffee or other strong flavored beverages one hour before before the event.
Please don’t wear perfume or other strongly scented beauty products (hand cream etc).
In this seminar we will be tasting common off flavors in beer production, remember the flavor descriptors and discuss origin/prevention of the off-flavors. We will taste 3 samples of each off-flavor, starting at human threshold, double and quadruple threshold. Normal event price is 7000 yen however as this is a trial event, for this event only its 5000 yen. Please order a pint as a thank you to Bridge Beers for letting us use the the space.
オフフレーバーの一覧とサンプルのppm（100万分の1 / リットル） List of off-flavors and sample ppm (parts per million / liter).
Notes for participants:
Please be on time, if you’re not there we will start without you.
If you cancel, please message me or/and write a post on the event page. Do so at your earliest convenience.
Please bring a pen or a pencil to write tasting notes.
Don’t drink coffee or other strong flavored beverages one hour before before the event.
Please don’t wear perfume or other strongly scented beauty products (hand cream etc).
If the event is full contact me directly for the cancellation stand-by list.
Join us for a delightful beer and cheese pairing event! We’ll explore five unique pairings, savoring the flavors and discovering how they complement each other. Together, we’ll take tasting notes and discuss the interplay of tastes in each pairing. The event participation fee is 5,000 yen. As a token of appreciation to the event space, we kindly ask that you purchase a pint after the event concludes.
The pairings are: 1. Belgian Single (Westmalle Extra) and Burrata 2. Best Bitter (TDM1874’s B.B.B.) and Mimolette aged 3 months 3. Brown Porter (TDM1874’s Porter) & Pecorino Romano 4. Fruit Lambic (Cantillon La Corvee) & Bree 5. American Barley Wine (Lost Abbey Angel’s Share Rum) & Danish Blue
Notes for participants:
Please be on time, if you’re not there we will start without you.
If you cancel, please message me or/and write a post on the event page. Do so at your earliest convenience.
Please bring a pen or a pencil to write tasting notes.
Don’t drink coffee or other strong flavored beverages one hour before before the event.
Please don’t wear perfume or other strongly scented beauty products (hand cream etc).
If the event is full contact me directly for the cancellation stand-by list.
In this seminar each participant will be smelling the 12 vials of the Barth-Haas Yakima Valley hop standards aroma kit . This will be followed by smelling different hops in the brewery and having beer tasters with these flavors represented in the beer. Participation cost is 7,000 yen. Please order a pint as a thank you to Bridge Beers for letting us use the the space.
Notes for participants:
Please be on time, if you’re not there we will start without you.
If you cancel, please message me or/and write a post on the event page. Do so at your earliest convenience.
Please bring a pen or a pencil to write tasting notes.
Don’t drink coffee or other strong flavored beverages one hour before before the event.
Please don’t wear perfume or other strongly scented beauty products (hand cream etc).
If the event is full contact me directly for the cancellation stand-by list.
Event information in English: In this event for beer professionals we will have a vertical tasting of Boon Oude Gueuze Black label vintages #3(2017), #6(2020), #7(2021), #8(2022). After discussing lambic history and production we will taste the samples and explore how lambic flavor matures and changes over time. Participation cost is 5,000 yen. Please order a pint or a Doricos as a thank you to torne_craftbeer for letting us use the the space.
Notes for participants:
Please be on time, if you’re not there we will start without you.
If you cancel, please message me or/and write a post on the event page. Do so at your earliest convenience.
Please bring a pen or a pencil to write tasting notes.
Don’t drink coffee or other strong flavored beverages one hour before before the event.
Please don’t wear perfume or other strongly scented beauty products (hand cream etc).
In the second part of the beer off-flavor seminar we will be sampling 10 off-flavors highlighted in yellow in the below list. Beer off flavor spikes, beer cost and participation fee inclusive event participation cost is 8,000 yen. Please order a pint as a thank you to Bridge Beers for letting us use the the space.
第1回と第2回イベント20種類リストです。 List of beer spikes for first and second events.
Notes for participants:
Please be on time, if you’re not there we will start without you.
If you cancel, please message me or/and write a post on the event page. Do so at your earliest convenience.
Please bring a pen or a pencil to write tasting notes.
Don’t drink coffee or other strong flavored beverages one hour before before the event.
Please don’t wear perfume or other strongly scented beauty products (hand cream etc).
If the event is full contact me directly for the cancellation stand-by list.
In the first part of the beer off-flavor seminar we will be sampling 10 off-flavors highlighted in green in the below list. Second part of the seminar is planned to August 19th then we will sample the remaining off-flavors highlighted in orange color. Beer off flavor spikes, beer cost and participation fee inclusive event participation cost is 8,000 yen. Please order a pint as a thank you to Bridge Beers for letting us use the the space.
第一回と第二回イベント20種類リストです。 List of samples for first and second events.
Notes for participants:
Please be on time, if you’re not there we will start without you.
If you cancel, please message me or/and write a post on the event page. Do so at your earliest convenience.
Please bring a pen or a pencil to write tasting notes.
Don’t drink coffee or other strong flavored beverages one hour before before the event.
Please don’t wear perfume or other strongly scented beauty products (hand cream etc).
If the event is full contact me directly for the cancellation stand-by list.
